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. >> collision course with the debt ceiling looming. can they breakthrough the budget battle before the fiscal cliff? and the closings are sparking protests and outrage. >> right now i'm terrified. i'm terrified. they had to live on what most of us work at and live on, they couldn't make it. >> good day. i'm andrea mitchell in new york. it's day two of the government shutdown. so far party leaders are digging in their heels, but could they be about to break under the pressure? the president has called john boehner, nancy pelosi, mitch mcconnell and harry reid to the white house this afternoon. joining me mow for our daily fix, chris cillizza, and nbc capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell. kelly, first to you. what do you expect? are there any signs a all of negotiating or of beginning to budge on this, especially if the white house is saying consistently that they are not going to change their position on obama care? >> well, ann dree yarks i think there are new activities, but does that mean there's any new real movement? that i d
. >> collision course with the debt ceiling looming. can they breakthrough the budget battle before the fiscal cliff? and the closings are sparking protests and outrage. >> right now i'm terrified. i'm terrified. they had to live on what most of us work at and live on, they couldn't make it. >> good day. i'm andrea mitchell in new york. it's day two of the government shutdown. so far party leaders are digging in their heels, but could they be about to break under the pressure?...
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but short-term, they have more money now, the debt ceiling has been, the breach of the debt ceiling won't be reached until september, october, rather than the spring so they've got a little bit more flexibility as revenues come in. >> it opens the window a little bit longer, andrea. it's not august now where we absolutely have to have some sort of deal on the debt ceiling it looks like it might be october or november, but i do think david is right on this the problem for the president is every day that he wakes up and has to answer questions, he didn't answer smartly a question about comparisons between his administration and the nixon administration. but the more he has to answer questions about irs, and i don't see that one going anywhere. that one has the longest life, or the a.p. investigation or benghazi, the longer these things happen. the longer that the hill is entertained with these things, we've got a third of all house committees are now investigating some aspect of the president of the united states. the longer that goes, the harder it is, even if you're the president of the u
but short-term, they have more money now, the debt ceiling has been, the breach of the debt ceiling won't be reached until september, october, rather than the spring so they've got a little bit more flexibility as revenues come in. >> it opens the window a little bit longer, andrea. it's not august now where we absolutely have to have some sort of deal on the debt ceiling it looks like it might be october or november, but i do think david is right on this the problem for the president is...
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i do think we're going to come to resolve on the debt ceiling. i do. whether it's august 2nd or a little bit later, again, the markets are sfis catesed and they know that we've got some time. there is some time, okay. that doesn't mean we shouldn't address the issue. i think in the debt ceiling issue will come a solution to the deficits i'm hopeful of that. i think that finally as i mentioned, we're finally focused on the right topic. everybody knows and these markets know if we were to raise the debt ceiling and not address the longer term issues of deficits we're going to have a downgrade in this country. there's no question. the very thick that the president and others have been talking about is going to happen if we don't take these responsible steps we need to take to address these issues. so i think we have a chance now over this next two or three week period to actually focus on both of those and to do something that's good for our country. now whether we blow it or not we'll see, there is that glimmer of hope at least in me over the last 24 hou
i do think we're going to come to resolve on the debt ceiling. i do. whether it's august 2nd or a little bit later, again, the markets are sfis catesed and they know that we've got some time. there is some time, okay. that doesn't mean we shouldn't address the issue. i think in the debt ceiling issue will come a solution to the deficits i'm hopeful of that. i think that finally as i mentioned, we're finally focused on the right topic. everybody knows and these markets know if we were to raise...
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ceiling conversation, it's important to remember, this is not solving the debate over whether the debt ceiling should be a debate. this is putting off the debate of whether the debt ceiling should be a debate. >> we're told in response to this report coming out of the white house, one white house official said it is a terrible way to run the country. when asked if the president would veto a short-term extension, the official would not say yes or no, but reiing rated the president's opposition to creating a series of self-imposed crisis. that from kristen welker at the white house. this is putting the onus off the back of the house republicans. this is a big result coming out of they are retreat in williamsburg where paul ryan and others were basically indicating that they can't win this battle. >> the president's press conference, the ball in your court press conference, this is the republicans hitting the ball back over the met saying it's now in your court. we should see. can i make one other quick note? i want a whole andrea mitchell reports on old andrea mitchell footage of preside
ceiling conversation, it's important to remember, this is not solving the debate over whether the debt ceiling should be a debate. this is putting off the debate of whether the debt ceiling should be a debate. >> we're told in response to this report coming out of the white house, one white house official said it is a terrible way to run the country. when asked if the president would veto a short-term extension, the official would not say yes or no, but reiing rated the president's...
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on, and this is the big one, debt and spending as it relates to the debt ceiling and our budget deficit. can he do those things that inside plays that he's been less good at throughout his, you know, five and a half, six years in office. >> of course, the white house website also had this video, which reprised his slow jam with jimmy fallon last year. >> some of you may remember last year when president obama slow-jammed the news. >> not is not the time to make school more expensive for our young people. >> oh yeah! >> so of course, it never hurts to put that out there when you're talking about student loans. more broadly, this is a demographic fight as well, politically. david. >> well you know, younger voters, key to the democratic constituency right now for re-election, these are young people who are coming of age. and again, going into this economy. i think one of the biggest issues that the government faces, that the president faces is how does america get along. how does america become more competitive. how do we really move ahead. this is something that he wants to be a major par
on, and this is the big one, debt and spending as it relates to the debt ceiling and our budget deficit. can he do those things that inside plays that he's been less good at throughout his, you know, five and a half, six years in office. >> of course, the white house website also had this video, which reprised his slow jam with jimmy fallon last year. >> some of you may remember last year when president obama slow-jammed the news. >> not is not the time to make school more...
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we have a $14 trillion debt growing dramatically with the debt ceiling increase, people want to see results there. they want to see spending come down and focus on economic development. i don't see that we have a realistic job-creating plan that promotes entrepreneurship that focuses on a comprehensive energy policy. so i think we have more spending and more stimulus, and i think people are frustrated with that. it didn't work the first time and i don't think independent voters will think it will work now. >> do you think the solution is herman cain going into a debate tonight in nevada, think peopl want to see a 9% state tax, a local tax, that would add up to more taxes on virginia if you went herman cain? >> there's broad agreement among the republican candidates that tax >> the tax reform that stimulates business to create new jobs and that reduces the burden on wealth creators is the way to go. >> is herman cain the way to go? why do you think herman cain is? aren't they saying they are not satisfied with mitt romney? >> i think it's a wide open field. herman cain is a great business gu
we have a $14 trillion debt growing dramatically with the debt ceiling increase, people want to see results there. they want to see spending come down and focus on economic development. i don't see that we have a realistic job-creating plan that promotes entrepreneurship that focuses on a comprehensive energy policy. so i think we have more spending and more stimulus, and i think people are frustrated with that. it didn't work the first time and i don't think independent voters will think it...
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shutting the government down or breaching the debt ceiling. both are bad options you would like would be unthinkable. but go back to the summer of 2011, andrea, which is the last time we came very close to not raising the debt ceiling and defau defaulting on some of our loans. we saw the problem, stock market, those things, on the political side i urge people, a republican pollster put together a set of power plant slides after the last fight about how damaging this was to politics broadly to congress, the president, whoever. go and check that out, because it's going to be as bad, if not worse, if we head down this same road certainly standing here today on this friday certainly looks like we're headed down. >> chris cillizza, gloom and doom. >> try to be more positive. thank you, andrea. >> here is something who could be more positive, florida congresswoman debbie wasserman-schultz joining us from the hill. thank you for being with us. >> you're welcome. >> what are your colleagues about to do? i know you're going to blame it on the republica
shutting the government down or breaching the debt ceiling. both are bad options you would like would be unthinkable. but go back to the summer of 2011, andrea, which is the last time we came very close to not raising the debt ceiling and defau defaulting on some of our loans. we saw the problem, stock market, those things, on the political side i urge people, a republican pollster put together a set of power plant slides after the last fight about how damaging this was to politics broadly to...
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we'll see if that conveys also to the may debt ceiling debate, which could be tougher. i mean, that is a harder issue, it seems to me, to these real deficit hawks that you have, especially in the house republican caucus. i do think we're going to have, you know, march is going to go out like a lamb when it comes to fiscal politics. >> that's for sure. david, you guys had a very interesting piece over the weekend about the affect on the washington region, and in many ways the washington region protected from the recession the great recession that everybody else experienced. not just because of government stem husband. it really had to do with the fact that we're fighting two wars. defense contracts in particular in northern virginia. what i found fascinating was how many people you found that said, you know what, maybe it's time for us to take a haircut. >> now it's going to be less so. assuming some version of these cuts going through. whether it's these or some point they come back and try to make them a little bit less blunt, but my guess is the washington region econ
we'll see if that conveys also to the may debt ceiling debate, which could be tougher. i mean, that is a harder issue, it seems to me, to these real deficit hawks that you have, especially in the house republican caucus. i do think we're going to have, you know, march is going to go out like a lamb when it comes to fiscal politics. >> that's for sure. david, you guys had a very interesting piece over the weekend about the affect on the washington region, and in many ways the washington...
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they did avert going over the debt ceiling and they reopened the government. i'm not sure that constitutes victory, but in this day and age, it's something that the government agreed to and got done. the question is does anything change. president obama seemed to be very forceful today to say this has to change. look, the election is the election. you don't like my policies, but that's fine. you can't go outside the bounds of regular order to disagree with me. i'm not convinced with me that that convinces some of the people who led this shutdown effort, including ted cruz. i'm not sure that that logic is convincing to them, so i wonder whether we're going to be in a similar position, though i would be very skeptical if republicans were willing again to sort of participate given how badly their damage was. >> ted cruz seemed to be doing a victory lap today going from the victory senner to to the capitol shaking hands. i'm not sure i get that. >> you and i have talked about it. for what ted cruz is ultimately interested in which i believe is running for presiden
they did avert going over the debt ceiling and they reopened the government. i'm not sure that constitutes victory, but in this day and age, it's something that the government agreed to and got done. the question is does anything change. president obama seemed to be very forceful today to say this has to change. look, the election is the election. you don't like my policies, but that's fine. you can't go outside the bounds of regular order to disagree with me. i'm not convinced with me that...
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that the idea that there's the possibility that a clean debt ceiling increase is the only thing that can happen that would obviously need democratic votes, the conservative base of the republican party within the house is not going to like the idea of john boehner bringing it up. this may be a way to show them, i'm tacking more conservative on immigration. those two things you can't decouple them. >> thank you very much. chris cillizza, not to decouple you guys, ever. ruth marcus, thank you very much. at the national prayer breakfast, attended by lawmakers and president and vice president, president obama called on north korea and iran to release two americans who he said deserved to be free and victims of religious intolerance. and tour operator kenneth bae, father of three been imprisoned for the past 15 months in north korea, bae is accused of preaching against the pyongyang government. >> we pray for kenneth bae, who has been held in north korea for 15 months. sentenced to 15 years of hard labor. his family wants him home and the united states will continue to do everything in ou
that the idea that there's the possibility that a clean debt ceiling increase is the only thing that can happen that would obviously need democratic votes, the conservative base of the republican party within the house is not going to like the idea of john boehner bringing it up. this may be a way to show them, i'm tacking more conservative on immigration. those two things you can't decouple them. >> thank you very much. chris cillizza, not to decouple you guys, ever. ruth marcus, thank...